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  JW.ORG logo on EVERYTHING

  by dynamiterose77 in

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  2. beliefs

  fine line between idolotry and branding... just sayin.... .

  i'm just seeing a lot of home-made or print on demand site items with jw.org logos pasted all over.

  as an art director, i laugh, because it's hideous.

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  joe134cd

  Very well said Paul
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  The Governing Body Need To Get Their Head Out From In Between Their Derrière And Start Reading What Apostate Sites Are Actually Saying

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it does no good for the governing body to burry their heads up their ass in denial as to what people who have left are saying about them and their insane selfserving teachings.

  i know denial is a real bitch to deal with and i'm sure this bunch of over the hill gang will have a hard time doing google searches and they are probably not sure where to look but they oughta get some one to show them how to find all this information, this willful ignorance is really hurting them, and reality can come crashing in more horrible ways the longer the denial exist and is hiding valuable information you really need before you proceed to make better decisions for your company and the direction you want it to go..

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  Contrary to Wt belief I absolutely believe the first place the R&F need to be is on the internet having a good read. I feel Wt is just trying to delay the inevitable.

  It would be foolish to assume the CEO of Wt art fully aware of what people are saying. The question is what can they do about it.
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  how to survive a three day assembly?

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi i have to go to one of these soon.

  i find it difficult enough to sit through a meeting knowing what i now know.

  how to survive a whole three days???!!!

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  I found to sit with people who don't know you. Soon as the song and prayer are over then walk out. Take a nore when the session ends and return for lunch. That way you can have a catch up with people you like. Looking back I never know how I managed to sit through it as a kid.
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  'worldly' events vs JW events... the fear, and the reality

  by undercover in

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  2. friends

  i went to what a jw would call a 'worldly' wedding a couple of weeks ago.. having been raised a jw, i had never been to a 'worldly' wedding until i was in my late 20s or early 30s.

  the horror stories of 'worldly' people in general kept me from associating with 'worldly' people, except as necessary through work, etc.

  as i became more willing to associate with workmates and other 'worldly' people, i started to realize the fear that had been instilled in me was mostly false.

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  I have to say for the decades that i was a witness and to the few large witness social events e.g balls dances that I attended. I can only ever recall one incident where was an issue when the child of a witness turned up drunk and he was very quickly sorted. Other than that all went with out incident. I believe for the +ve that it creates e.g socializing far out weigh any negatives.
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  Are there any former Circuit Overseers on this site?

  by Robert7 in

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  2. friends

  i've seen responses from a number of elders, but have any co's become enlightened?

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  Joe and jean joke and jean slayman last I heard had separated and divorced. I remember when he went apostate it caused a real stir.
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  how to survive a three day assembly?

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi i have to go to one of these soon.

  i find it difficult enough to sit through a meeting knowing what i now know.

  how to survive a whole three days???!!!

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  When I was learning TTATT I honestly thought I could sucessfully live in both world. With in about 6 months after been a witness for many decades I walked out of the KH for the last time.
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  Suicide - How many do you know within the JWs

  by Lady Lee in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  thw wts likes to play games with their statistics.

  one interesting but truly tragic is the number of jwhovah's witnesses who commit suicie.. now i suspect that if a person commits suicide shortly before or after they are disfellowshipped then the elders would say that person wasn't a witness or that they had done something so terrible that they were too guilty to admit it and by their action of committing suicide they pretty much declared they were no longer a jw.. yup fancy talk to make sure any crap didn't fall on them.. so my question.. do you know of cases like this?

  if so then can you answer a few more questions.. had this person been dfed or in real danger of being dfed or whatever the equivalent is if they were never baptized?.

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  I have heard of 5 in the surrounding area over the years. Of those 5, 2 of them I knew personally.
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  The Watchtower Corporation has paid off CNN...

  by Calebs Airplane in

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  2. scandals

  rick mclean gets only 15 minutes of fame.... no mention of how the watchtower protects pedophiles.... http://www.themasonictrowel.com/books/the_hidden_powe_behind_freemasonry/files/chapter_19.htm.

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  All this just makes me wounded how big and deep the problem is. Just what is the true extent of it. who really knows. I wonder if even the GB now the extent of it themselves.
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  WT Society's Paranoia Over Spiral Binding of Elder's Textbook - Crazy

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this letter was sent as an addendum to the elders regarding their latest elders textbook.

  i think you'll find this interesting and also disconcerting as well.. to all bodies of elders.

  re: spiral binding of shepherding textbook.

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  joe134cd

  To me this dictate seems rather pointless. Hell guys get with the game!!! The dam book is splashed across the internet. I think the issue of who binds it would be the least of their problems.
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  GB member visits Bolton--UK

  by bigmac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ive pasted the following from a uk xjw facebook page.:.

  i found out last night that thursday,just gone, a member of the gb came to rosehill congregation in bolton to tell them the gb will now be more active and a more prominent part of their lives, this is to build trust and make it so when they revel new direction in the future, people don't push against them and they follow them.

  it's a long shot shot but what are the chances he will be at any other meeting in this district this sunday and how can i find out?.

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  My how times have changed. From not wanting to receive undue praise for themselves. To now been smack bam in your face. They are scared that things are falling apart.